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If you've seen the original 1990 movie, you'll remember that, over the end credits was a hip-hop song called "Turtle Power," relating the plot of the film. It's become one of those cultural touchstones for so-called "90s kids," and I distinctly remember owning the cassingle as a kid. But what of Partners In Kryme, the duo who performed the iconic track? We reached out to the group's MC Golden Voic...

Siddhartha Khosla is an award-winning film and television composer, and singer/songwriter/producer of the critically acclaimed band, Goldspot. The Emmy-nominated Khosla is best known for his work on the hit NBC series, This Is Us, but he's also composed for Hulu on shows like Marvel’s Runaways and last year's Looking For Alaska. We spoke with Khosla right before the holidays about all of this, and...

At the end of October, Lawrence, Kansas, art supply store and gallery, Wonder Fair, released two soundtracks for their store. Musician Jade Rose composed an album entitled The Sounds of Wonder Fair, Volume 1, and co-owner Paul DeGeorge and his brother Joe, along with musician Jon Linn, produced Sounds from the Haunted Bathroom. Site-specific soundtracks have been a thing before -- see also Light I...

The label RidingEasy Records has made a name for themselves with a focus on heavy rock 'n' roll. While the label's released any number of modern acts, including Swedish rockers Monolord, the real treat is their long-running series of Brown Acid compilations. The label, in conjunction with curator Lance Barresi of music shop, Permanent Records, compiles and releases some of the best undiscovered he...

Musician Josie Cotton came to the attention of thousands of teenagers with her appearance in the 1983 comedy-drama, Valley Girl. She not only performed in the iconic prom scene, but had three of her songs used on the film's soundtrack. After 1995's Frightened by Nightingales, Cotton took a break from recording for over a decade, returning in 2006 with the album, Movie Disaster Music. She's release...

Many know Richard Patrick as the only static member of the band Filter. Prior to the formation of Filter, Richard cut his teeth in a band called Nine Inch Nails. In addition to hits like "Hey Man Nice Shot" and "Take A Picture," Filter's music has been featured in everything from Tales from the Crypt's Demon Knight to Spawn to the X-Files -- both the series and the movies. Filter's platinum-sellin...

This year, the Orange County ska band, the Aquabats, celebrates their 25th anniversary. In that time, the band's sound has grown to encompass more than just the third wave ska sound, embracing rock 'n' roll, electronic music, dance tunes, and so, so much more. The even had their own TV show, The Aquabats! Super Show!, which ran from 2012-2014, and was recently revived via Kickstarter. The Aquabats...

We're back! It's been a relaxing two months off for summer break, but we're glad to be back with a new episode, talking with musician and producer, Don Dixon, about his contribution to the 1988 dark comedy, Heathers. The movie's been getting some hype, lately, what with the Broadway musical adaptation, the TV series, and the Riverdale episode featuring music from the musical, so it seems as good a...

Seattle rock 'n' roll quartet Thunderpussy is all about riffing and wailing. Their self-titled debut — released earlier this year on Stardog Records — is a round dozen of killer cuts, but the band also shines in live performance. Replete with costumes, rock jumps, and high kicks, Thunderpussy brings a visual element to its shows that is sorely needed in an age of black t-shirts and beards. It's ma...

Actress and singer Jessie Buckley is having quite a year. In addition to appearing in the surprise HBO hit, Chernobyl, her new film, Wild Rose, is a heartstring-tugging drama which has wit, verve, and no small amount of joy. I found myself tearing up and cheering loudly while watching the tale of a young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, who dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville af...

The promo slug for last year's Ugly Sweater Party is as follows: "An ugly sweater party turns into a bloodbath when an evil Christmas sweater possesses one of the partygoers." Sounds simple, but the film ends up to be something a lot more. This includes a character hallucinating and imagining a thrash band is playing inside a cabin with him. That band is Omicida, the Los Angeles thrash act. It's k...

If the movie Relaxer had a smell, it would be sweat on a vinyl couch, with a faint whiff of sour milk somewhere in the background. Y2K’s on the horizon, and a sense of mild panic is palpable. If The Greasy Strangler left you uncomfortable, Relaxer will have you cringing. And, yet, the film manages to achieve a hallucinatory buzz that washes over the viewer. Relaxer is fascinating and enveloping, a...

The English New Wave / dance pop band, Wang Chung, formed in 1980, and rode a wave of success in the mid-'80s, with such hits as "Dance Hall Days," "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," and "Let's Go," along with the soundtrack to William Friedkin's 1986 crime thriller To Live and Die in L.A., as well as "Fire in the Twilight" from the soundtrack to The Breakfast Club. In the decades since, the band's mus...

The composer Disasterpeace came to prominence with his work on the 2012 videogame, Fez, as well as his score for the indie horror film, It Follows, released in 2015. That marked his first collaboration with director David Robert Mitchell, with whom the composer has teamed up again on Under the Silver Lake. For the film's score, Disasterrpeace, best known for his synth-driven work, delivers a full...

On this episode, we run down the soundtrack releases for Record Store Day 2019, in both the US and UK. We cover nearly thirty exclusive albums, singles, and books.

Okay, so this episode is a little complicated. A couple months back, I spoke with Mark Rozzo, a Brooklyn musician, about Burger Records' reissue of the soundtrack to the 1977 trucker movie, Stinker Lets Loose. Rozzo's uncle, C.J. McKnight, had evidently written and performed the music, and and Rozzo had happened to find all of his uncle's old stuff right around the time he met comedian Mike Sacks,...

This installment of Your Favorite Soundtrack sees us talking with W. David Keith about the soundtrack to the 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson film, Boogie Nights. Keith is a podcaster/artist/film director/writer/producer who hails from Kansas City. Dave is the host of the Kansas City Taco Podcast TACO THE TOWN where he reviews Kansas City and surrounding area taco joints. Dave has written & directed the...

Composer Steve Horelick is definitely best known for his work on children's television programs like Shining Time Station and Reading Rainbow, the latter of which he composed the iconic theme song for. However, early on in his career, Horelick worked on the 1981 slasher film, Madman, a movie made somewhat infamous by the fact that it shares a similar storyline with the contemporaneous The Burning....

Sorry for the delay, kids. A long weekend of snow, freelance deadlines, and making tamales pushed this episode back a couple of days. I'm also recording this after pulling every muscle in my right side, so expect some weirdness due to pain meds. That said, I'm excited about this episode. I spoke last month with author David Hollander, about Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music, the...

And we're back from winter break! We hope you all checked out some of our favorite 2018 episodes while we were gone. For our first episode back, we're speaking with HERO. The Canadian electronic musician was originally from Calgary, but now calls Montreal home, and we spoke with him in December about his excellent new EP, Dirty Work, which is out THIS VERY FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, as well as having his...

Musician Jon Spencer and the attendant Jon Spencer Blue Explosion were college radio and underground faves long before director Edgar Wright used the Blues Explosion's "Bellbottoms" -- from the band's 1994 album, Orange -- to blow open the beginning of his film, Baby Driver. Spencer's been making music for decades now, going all the way back to the days of Pussy Galore. However, Spencer's profile...

On this episode, we run down the soundtrack-related Record Store Day Black Friday releases, including Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, Something Weird Greatest Hits, and more.

Director Craig Brewer's films, Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan, are just as much about the soundtrack as they are about the film. Thus, Brewer's collaboration with Memphis musician Scott Bomar, only makes sense. Perfect sense, really, given that Bomar's band the Bo-Keys have backed the likes of any number of nearly-forgotten soul musicians in a live setting. Bomar's film work is absolutely fasc...

FX's brilliant comedy / drama / exploration of humanity, Atlanta, is as noted for its music as it is for the writing, directing, and acting. The show's soundtrack is a perfect combination of brilliantly-selected gems like Funkadelic's "Hit It and Quit It," as well as of-the-moment Soundcloud rap like Amindi K. Fro$t's "Cocoa Butter Shawty." Hell, even Migos have popped up on the show. It's brillia...

1987's The Hidden is a sci-fi action horror film directed by Jack Sholder, and starring Michael Nouri and Kyle MacLachlan. As the back of the VHS describes it the Hidden is about "A series of bizarre, inexplicable robberies and murders have L.A. police detective Tom Beck (Nouri) totally baffled. And it doesn't help when mysterious FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (MacLachlan) tells him that a demonic ext...